In the latest episode of their humped, long-necked podcast, Ken and Robin talk slain clue sources, reference books, memory training, and lake monsters.
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In the latest episode of their intoxicating podcast, Ken and Robin Talk omniscient GMCs, cocktail quest, French intelligence, and Harry Chandler’s LA ley lines.
A column on Roleplaying by Robin D. Laws A recent test session of The Yellow King Roleplaying Game (Kickstarting later this year, plug plug) shone a spotlight on a conundrum that can crop up in any GUMSHOE horror game: How much should the GM intervene when the players have fallen all too desperately into a […]
In the latest episode of their pure gold podcast, Ken and Robin talk Ken’s Vampire gig, the Story Beats app, loose lips at the White House, and alchemy at the Kulturforum.
In the latest episode of their spicy podcast, Ken and Robin talk F20 villagers, generic supplements, food as treasure, and Lulu Hurst.
In The Yellow King Roleplaying Game, Kickstarting soon at a Kickstarter near you, players portray characters linked across various eras and timelines corrupted by alien supernatural influence. In the third of these linked settings, Aftermath, the investigators are all ex-partisans who fought in a successful rebellion against a tyrannical regime backed by Carcosa. Now they […]
In the latest episode of their high-profile podcast, Ken and Robin talk premise rejection, war movie evolution, Keisha Howard and the Old Man of the Mountain.
In the latest episode of their vibrant, street-level podcast, Ken and Robin talk Night’s Black Agents convention GMing, Tom Thomson, the geek spots of Chicago and Toronto, and Jane Jacobs versus Robert Moses.
a column on roleplaying by Robin D. Laws On a recent episode of our podcast, Ken and I talked about adapting Dreamhounds of Paris as a GUMSHOE One-2-One setting. In a moment of rash exuberance I promised to provide character cards for some of its key figures. Use these as a model for your own […]
In the latest episode of their yurt-dotted podcast, Ken and Robin talk tech McGuffins, Baron von Ungern-Sternberg, transformational to icon, and Roger Babson.